Colombia: Six dead, 23 injured in shipyard blast

Colombia: According to the information given by the officials, in an incident that took place at a Colombian shipyard where at least six people killed and twenty-three others were injured in a shipyard blast.

As per the reports, the explosion took place on Wednesday in a state-owned facility in Cotecmar on a tanker. Three were killed on site and the rest died at a hospital.

The explosion happened on a ship that was under maintenance, an official said.